Parkinson's disease (PD) results from neurodegenerative processes leading to alteration of
motor functions. Most motor symptoms respond well to pharmacological and neurosurgical …

Background Patients with Parkinson's disease commonly suffer from speech and voice
difficulties such as impaired articulation and reduced loudness. Speech and language …

Purpose Given the potential significance of speech naturalness to functional and social
rehabilitation outcomes, the objective of this study was to examine the effect of listener …

Highlights•We investigated speech rhythm in people with Parkinson's Disease (PwPD) and
controls.•Even mildly affected PwPD differed from controls in their rhythmic …

Objectives To investigate the validity of cepstral analyses against other conventional
acoustic measures of voice quality in determining the perceptual impression in different …

Background Due to vague, initial symptoms, persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) usually
receive a definitive diagnosis after a prolonged period of time. At the time of diagnosis, they …

Given the demand for developing the efficient Machine Learning (ML) classification models
for healthcare data, and the potentiality of Bio-Inspired Optimization (BIO) algorithms to …

Background Although speech and voice disorders are common in Parkinson's disease (PD),
there is insufficient evidence to support the effectiveness of behavioural speech therapies in …

Hypokinetic dysarthria is a common manifestation of Parkinson′ s disease, which
negatively influences quality of life. Behavioral techniques that aim to improve speech …

Diagnostic tests for Parkinsonism based on speech samples have shown promising results.
Although abnormal auditory feedback integration during speech production and impaired …